Postoperative Pain, an Unmet Problem in Day or Overnight Italian Surgery Patients: A Prospective Study
Table 2
Anesthesia by type of surgery.
Orthopedic surgery
General surgery
Valgus toe
Knee arthroscopy
Shoulder arthroscopy
Hand surgery
laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Hemorrhoidectomy
Inguinal hernioplasty
Tumor/cyst removal
60
35
11
22
128
13
25
57
53
148
Anesthesia
Local
7 (11.7)
7 (20.0)
1 (9.1)
3 (13.6)
18 (14.1)
0 (0.0)
5 (20.0)
9 (15.8)
40 (75.5)
54 (36.5)
General
0 (0.0)
4 (11.4)
4 (36.4)
0 (0.0)
8 (6.2)
13 (100)
2 (8.0)
18 (31.6)
3 (5.7)
36 (24.3)
Spinal
8 (13.3)
24 (68.6)
0 (0.0)
2 (9.1)
34 (26.6)
0 (0.0)
18 (72.0)
30 (52.6)
6 (11.3)
54 (36.5)
Troncular
45 (75.0)
0 (0.0)
6 (54.5)
17 (77.3)
68 (53.1)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
4 (7.5)
4 (2.7)
(Fisher’s test) significant differences between orthopedic and general surgery (test performed between overall orthopedic surgery and overall general surgery without distinguishing the specific surgery intervention).
